Etymology

serekh

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Today it means: In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon. Full definition →

Egyptian s-r:x-O33
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  1. Egyptian · learned borrowing froms-r:x-O33“palace façade”
  2. English todayserekh

Learned borrowing from Egyptian s-r:x-O33 (srḫ, “palace façade”).

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